Regulatory capture would be a better description. The point is, you can be frustrated about zoning laws being abused for protectionism by people who want to in

Regulatory capture would be a better description. The point is, you can be frustrated about zoning laws being abused for protectionism by people who want to increase the value of their asset by limiting what can be done by their neighbors, and not immediately go off and claim the actual problem is that people are freeloading off the government and that regulation is keeping the "few people" who want to work from rising to the top.